Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
87890
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/06/2023
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Presbytery at Catholic Church of St Alban
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Torfaen
Community
Pontymoile
Town
Pontypool
Locality
Wainfelin
Easting
327838
Northing
201227
Street Side
W
Location
North-west of Pontypool town centre across the relief road.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The presbytery was added c1870-1 and served as the house of studies until 1891 when the Franciscans left and the church was run by secular priests.
Exterior
Presbytery, built of squared coursed brown limestone rubble with a hipped Welsh slate roof and plain ridges, matching the adjoining church. Windows with flat lintels and cusped imposts, stone cills, large pane replacement windows, those to the upper floors with leaded lights. Wide double cross windows to ground floor. Rectangular 3 storey 6-bay facing Conway Road, left 3 bays advanced and gabled. Gabled entrance porch in left hand bay of section to the right, with kneelers and coping to gable – gap at apex may once have housed cross finial. Round headed doorway with dressed voussoirs to arch. Replaced door with plain glazed fanlight. Later door (inserted?) to left end of gabled section with attached modern carport. Left return elevation rendered with central bay, single window above, cross window below, both with leaded glazing. Narrow window to right. Rear elevation not seen.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural and historic interest as a good example of a C19 presbytery, built as a house of studies to serve a Catholic missionary church. Despite some loss of original detail, it retains original character and has high townscape value and group value with the adjoining church and surrounding walls.
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